Dhaturashtra, Dhāturāṣṭra, Dhatu-rashtra: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Dhāturāṣṭra can be transliterated into English as Dhaturastra or Dhaturashtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDhāturāṣṭra (धातुराष्ट्र).—(?) , in °ṭropaśobhitāḥ Sukhāvatīvyūha 39.3, epithet of the rivers of Sukhāvatī; Müller, [Sacred Books of the East] 49.2, p. 39, adorned with fields, full of metals. One meaning of Sanskrit dhātu is metal or mineral; if that is the meaning here, the [compound] might be rendered adorned with kingdoms characterized by minerals. I am very doubtful of this interpretation, but have no guess which seems to me plausible as to what dhātu, q.v., means here.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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